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All the cycling news, analysis, and banter you need. Become a member to get premium content, extra episodes, and ad-free listening at escapecollective.com.
Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform:
- Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better
- Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling
- How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis
- The Rest Day with Jack Haig - insights from within the pro peloton
- Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry
Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/member/
Check out our other podcasts on your preferred podcast platform:
- Geek Warning - how bikes work and how to make them better
- Wheel Talk - all things women's cycling
- How the Race was Won - racing and tactical analysis
- The Rest Day with Jack Haig - insights from within the pro peloton
- Overnight Success - The founders and innovators in the cycling industry
Escape Collective is entirely member-funded. If you like this podcast please consider supporting us by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/member/
Episodes
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Aug 22, 2023 • 1h 1min
Wheel Talk: Transfers, relegation, and women’s football
Abby Mickey, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin answer some listener questions and go on some tangents in this latest episode of the Wheel Talk Podcast.
Aug 21, 2023 • 47min
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Can anyone beat Vingegaard and Roglič at the Vuelta?
Abby Mickey joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to cover some interesting talking points after an intriguing finale at the Bemer Cyclassics and then to preview the route and favorites for the Vuelta a España and the Tour of Scandinavia.
Aug 17, 2023 • 1h 4min
Placeholders: Transfer corner and a start order kerfuffle
Dane Cash and Kit Nicholson join Caley Fretz to discuss Mikel Landa, Fabio Jakobsen, and other big transfers, the MTB race start order kerfuffle at Worlds, and Richard Freeman. And of course, there's also another riveting edition of the Weekly Pain quiz.
Aug 16, 2023 • 1h 1min
Geek Warning: Ask a handful of Wrenches
This week's Geek Warning episode is a little different. With James off racing bikes, and Dave travelling (for work), the Geeks instead gathered to answer a bucket full of tech questions from Escape Collective members.Joining James and Dave are former MTB World Cup mechanic Brad Copeland and dream bike builder Zach (of Boulder Grupetto).
Don't worry, the regular weekly show will return soon! In the meantime, enjoy and please let us know what you think of this format
Aug 15, 2023 • 1h 3min
Wheel Talk: The strongest woman won in Glasgow
The band is back together! This week, Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef, Loren Rowney, and Gracie Elvin chat about the ITT and road race at the Glasgow World Championships.
Buckle up! It was a wild race!
Aug 14, 2023 • 41min
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: Super Worlds comes to a close
Ruth Edwards and Kit Nicholson join Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano to break down the action from the time trials and the women's road race at Glasgow Worlds.
Aug 11, 2023 • 43min
Wheel Talk: Getting ready for the Glasgow finale
Abby Mickey, Matt de Neef and Loren Rowney are joined once again by Matilda Raynolds to preview the women’s elite and U23 road race at the Glasgow World Championships.
Aug 11, 2023 • 1h 15min
Geek Warning: Speed Sniffers, Classified things, and too much choice
James, Dave, and builder of dreams Zach are back and cover a broad spectrum of geeky topics. Specialized has a new iteration of the Tarmac. Ridley has a new bike with Fast in its name. Lezyne has even more products and Velocio clothing expands into mountain bike.
We also summarise our thoughts on the Classified two-speed hub system. And so much more geeking.
4:36 – A quick corrections corner, oops
6:36 – A speed sniffing bike from Specialized
23:00 – Ridley’s new TT bike and Ronan isn’t here
28:49 – A torque wrench for News Tools Day
31:04 – Lezyne and a lot of (too much?) choice
36:15 – Velocio goes mountain
39:45 – It’s Classified, but our thoughts are not
55:22 – Too many logos are on Dave’s mind
1:02:20 – Crazy track bikes from everyone
1:03:44 – MVDP, crashing, and Boas
1:08:55 – A PSA on cleats
Aug 10, 2023 • 56min
Placeholders: The big stories from Glasgow Worlds
Iain Treloar and Dane Cash join Caley Fretz to cover some of the key storylines from Glasgow "Super Worlds," including star turns from team bosses, Mathieu van der Poel's busy day in the road race, up-and-comers, and more.
Aug 7, 2023 • 1h 1min
Pretty Serious Bike Racing: A thrilling men’s road race at Glasgow Worlds
Caley Fretz joins Dane Cash and Cosmo Catalano after a memorable battle for the rainbow jersey. The podcast crew discusses the unique and interesting race route, the differences that define Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, whether anyone could have done anything tactically to change the outcome of the race, and more.
